Category: News
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Can the Super Bowl Predict Super Bull Markets? Don’t Look at the SBI
Can the winning team of the upcoming Super Bowl 59 predict whether a bull market is here to stay? Answer: Only if you’re counting head injuries! Read more.
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Why Are So Many Workers Walking off the Job?
Since 2023, the line of striking workers has begun resembling a millipede. Potentially next in line: Costco Teamsters. From a socionomic perspective, conditions are right for a rise in labor stoppages.
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Welcome to the Dark Side of America’s Favorite Pastime
The countdown to Superbowl LIX, airing on Feb. 9, has begun! But increasingly, enjoyment over the game is being intercepted by fears over the safety of its players. This is where the brand-new February 2025 Socionomist steps onto the field.
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The Covid Pandemic: Black Swan or Neon Swan? That Depends….
The Covid pandemic was horrifying. The only thing more horrifying is to think it – and deadly disease events like it – are completely random. From a socionomic perspective, they’re not.
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Rhetoric to Reality, Russia Draws – and Crosses – More “Red Lines”
In 2024, Russia waged a perceived “war with the west” as the U.S. and NATO lent military support to its adversary, Ukraine. But the proverbial shot over the bow wasn’t fired in February 2022. It was first heard in 2007, vis a vis the chart of the RTSI!
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Nancy Reagan Who? Americans “Just Say ‘Yes!’” to Reefer
How negative social mood stoked the shift in public perception and pro-legalization policies.
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Polarization Nation: Why Can’t We Just Get Along?
Wildfires ravage the western U.S. while arctic blasts leave the east on ice. The U.S. is polarized on all fronts… and not just weather. Socionomics sheds light on why!
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Global Democracy is on Shaky Ground
Freedom: For an increasing number of countries across the world, this is the only thing left to lose. Our “Must-Read Highlights from the Socionomist” report threads the decline of global democracy through the socionomic needle.
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The Next Villain of Negative Social Mood: Popeye!
First came a murderous Mickey Mouse, an axe-wielding Winnie the Pooh, and now… a serial-killing Popeye the Sailor Man. This new crop of horror movie villains fits negative social mood to a T.
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It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s a… Flying Saucer? The Conversation Just Got Real
Let the record show: conversation around unidentified anomalous phenomena has gone from the dark web to the White House. Have we been here before? The Oct. Socionomist puts the “Flying Saucer Mania” into historical context.